I want to paint my white faux wood blinds.
Can faux wood blinds be spray painted.
These were faux wood blinds probably made out of some sorty of vinyl or plastic.
If i sprayed blinds again i would use rit dye and dye the strings instead of spray painting.
Decide on a pattern or texture before you begin painting.
And then spray until the brown is gone.
I used two trestles and some leftover wood.
When deciding to spray paint what you have instead of buying new you need to calculate the cost of supplies and your time as to whether that outweighs the expense of new blinds.
And the much improved with a can of spray paint after.
You may use a sponge or other implement to add texture to your blinds.
In the next picture the left side has 2 coats and the right side only one.
Use light coats of spray paint to cover the entire slat.
The paint will freeze up the strings.
You just need to hang the blinds in a way to be able to open and close the blinds.
If your faux wood blinds have been painted before you will have to remove the old paint with a non corrosive paint remover before you clean them.
The spray paint also made the strings stiff so that does affect the how easily the blinds raises and lowers.
On mar 28 2019.
Once your slats are completely dry apply a coat of satin or semi gloss latex finish to each one and let them sit for at least 24 hours.
He could have used my bff the paintbrush it just would have taken a bit longer the thing about this project is the time paint let dry completely turn the slats over paint let dry completely repeat on the next window.
Spray painting blinds february 2020 i was excited to see that the girls over at shanty2chic were hosting a rust oleum linky party because as you know spray paint is one of.
Test out your ideas on a scrap piece of wood or cardboard.
The husband has a spray gun so this was really easy load the paint and spray.
Harsh chemicals can actually damage your blinds.
I let it dried a bit before closing the blinds and spraypainting again.
But they had a fake wood grain in them which you can still see so these really do look like espresso stained wood blinds.
Use what you have on hand.
If you do this know that the paint may not be smooth.
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